Sua sponte definition
Sua sponte means that the person involved acts on that person’s initiative, without the need for a request, motion, or application.
Sua sponte means of their own will or motion, without prompting or suggestion.
Sua sponte means any determination of the superintendent or of his designee made without prompting of the parties.
Examples of Sua sponte in a sentence
Sua sponte the Court ordered both actions consolidated with and into the lead case in the Consolidated State Derivative Action, subject to the consolidation, leadership, and other orders entered in the lead case.
More Definitions of Sua sponte
Sua sponte means orders issued by the court without motion by a party.
Sua sponte means any order of the chief hearing officer or the assigned hearing officer made without prompting of the parties.
Sua sponte means without prompting or suggestion; on its own motion. Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019). For conduct that it finds particularly offensive, the Tax Court can choose to impose a penalty under IRC § 6673 even if the IRS has not requested the penalty. See, e.g., Wells v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2019-134.
Sua sponte means that the person involved acts on that person’s initiative, without the need for
Sua sponte means "of its own will" in Latin. Often refers to a court taking an action in a case without being asked to do so by either side.
Sua sponte means the Court has taken notice of an issue on its own motion without prompting or suggestion from either party.
Sua sponte is a term that means without prompting or suggestion. Thus, for conduct that the Tax Court finds particularly offensive, the Tax Court can choose to impose a penalty under IRC § 6673 even if the IRS has not requested that the penalty be imposed. See, e.g., Call v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2005-289 (Tax Court imposed $5,000 penalty without being asked to do so where taxpayer presented frivolous arguments to delay collection proceedings).